Masdar City & My opinions

What is Masdar City?

Abu Dhabi government going to build a city called "Masdar City" which can help to reduce the carbon dioxide and in the same time save the energy. Abu Dhabi government try to make this city depend on natural sources only such as solar energy, wind etc with out the use of fossil fuels. This city will be with out any cars or factories or any thing can pollute the air or the earth.


What are your opinions about it?

I think that the succeed of this project is very difficult because they build it for a few people (thousand of people) but in the world there are more than billions of people. Also I think it's very difficult to live without cars in these days because in every day you need it to for your transportations. Last thing these styles of cities cost a lot of money so it's very difficult to build many of it.



You con click on this link to know more about masdar city


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovly1dQGKH4

(Key Words & Bits Words)

Key Words

Carbon-neutral
Air-conditioners
Cooling
Frosty
Environmentally friendly
Efficiency
Ambitous
Cool
Hyper-efficient
Carbon dioxide

Bits words

Have to walk or take public transport to get around.

Buildings here are often spaced too far apart.

World can live without using too much energy or materials.

The resources are extremely cheap.

Public transport and waste recycling programmers are virtually.

The city of 50000 will cut its energy usage by 50-70 per cent.

Surrounded by acres of photovoltaic solar panels and wind turbine.

Which will help power the city’s air conditioning systems.

Alternative energy projects elsewhere make up for carbon dioxide emissions.

Cities like Masdar will become the norm, not the exception.

Cool Cities

Green Vehicle Solutions

There are three solutions to reduce carbon dioxide. First the government builds cities, counties and states to reduce carbon dioxide. Second solution is that some cities are providing incentives for hybrid vehicles and lower registrations fees and taxes. Last solution is that many cities now are replacing these polluting old buses with buses that run on cleaner compressed natural gas (CNG) or with hybrid-electric diesel engines.

Energy Efficiency Solutions

Energy efficiency means using less energy through better technology to get more power. There are many solutions to do that. First solution is that making new building which depends on energy efficiency. Also we can use can use new system of lighting which depend on solar energy to reduce the pollution and save the energy. The cities which use energy efficiency can get a benefit from that system. Cities also can get a benefit from energy efficiency by combined heat and power.

Renewable Energy Solutions

Cities can use energy from the renewable sources instead of electricity to reduce the pollution and to save the energy. We can use solar and wind energy to get a power instead of electricity. Also the city can make a contract with the government like many other cities in the world.

What is about this project

In English 174 we should do a project which includes many things you will have do many steps to finish it. First you should set up your own blog and after that send it to your teacher. In that blog you will put all your assignments on it. Second you should write about your self "profile" and put it in the top of your blog. Then you need to watch a film which called "An convenient truth" it talks about a big issue which called "Global warming". You should first summarize that movie and then write your opinions. After that you should write about carbon footprint then write how you cam measure it and finally put solutions for carbon footprint. Then you should talk about cool cities and explain how it works. Finally you should talks about Masdar city which Abu Dhabi government will build it in the future and then put all your assignments in your blog.

An inconvenient Truth

The movie talks about a big issue called Global Warming. Al Gore who was former vice president showed people the problems and effects which Global warming can cause for the earth. First he said that the biggest cause of Global warming is human or countries activities which increase the amount of carbon dioxide. Those activities effect the atmosphere and also melt the ice in North and South Pole which increases the amount of water and we can see what happened to many countries from that melting for example flooding. Also AL Gore didn’t forget the other causes like cars, factories and nuclear experiments. He determined the biggest countries which cause the Global warming and the USA was first. He didn’t only speak but he showed people a lot of evidence which proved his theory. In the end of this movie Al Gore put forward many solutions to decrease the amount of carbon dioxide and in the same time face Global Warming.



I think that was good and also it has many facts because now we can feel a big difference in climate and this is a reason of Global Warming. There are many solutions to face this issue. First we can find many alternatives sources of energy instead of oil and this can decrease the amount of carbon dioxide and at the same time decrease Global warming. Also we can reduce the number of cars and factories. On the other hand the biggest countries must stop nuclear experiments because it is the main reason of Global Warming.

I know sir you dont agree with me about nuclear experiments but in my opinion section I can write what I believe. :)

Critical Thinking

In our life there are many critical thinkers but the question is that how you know if you critical thinker or not? First you should examine your assumptions and believes. Also you should listen carefully and support your talk by evidences. Most of the critical thinkers are curious. The sample definition of critical thinking is how you prove you talk and it is higher level of thinking. Critical thinking helps to analyze and understand the problems. If you want to be a critical thinker you should ask questions, listen carefully, find solutions and believe what you say. Finally we must know that any body can be critical thinker.

Solutions for Carbon Footprint

There are many solutions to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide. First, we can find alternative for cars for example walk or ride a bike to reduce carbon which come from cars. We can also use filters for factories and but a strong punishment for those factories which don’t use filters. Also the government should reduce the numbers of factories and cars to protect the environment. On the other hand we can use the development of technology to converts carbon dioxide to bicarbonate ions which is not harmful to environment. We can buy more seasonal food instead of processed food.

How to measure the carbon footprint ?

After I measured my footprint I found that I need four planets to live because my footprint was 3.97. I found my percentage of food was 18% and I think this percentage it's not correct because I don’t eat organic food. Also I found 41% for travel and this is a big percentage because I have a big car. The percentage of my house it's also high because there are too many people living in it. Finally h found my percentage of stuff was 18%. I think 3.97 it's very high so I need to reduce that number and in same time reduce carbon footprint.

What is Carbon Footprint ?

A Carbon Footprint is a measure of the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of greenhouse gases produced, measured in units of carbon dioxide. These gases effect on the atmosphere and this causes a lot of problems for environment.

There are a lot of factors which cause carbon footprint for example there are a lot of factories which cause carbon dioxide and also cars. Also Carbon footprint changes the climate which called in these days Global Warming. The amount of carbon footprint is increasing because the number of factories and cars are increasing ether and also the consuming of energy is increasing.